On December 19th 2011, the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights released a report exposing the sub-human living and working conditions of the Chinese Jet Fair factory which produces Hasbro's Transformers toys. Hasbro state:

“We have a deep-rooted commitment to treating our employees humanely and with
dignity and respect. We promote the same virtues for factory personnel at our third party and licensee factories. The Hasbro Code of Conduct, Hasbro Global Business Ethics Principles and International Council of Toy Industries (ICTI) Code of Business Practices guide our ethical processes in both our owned and non-owned manufacturing facilities.”

Whereas according to the report this could not be further from the truth. Amongst the report's findings are the following:

Workers housed in filthy, over-crowded dorms, infested with rats and bed bugs. Workers report they cannot sleep at night from the bed bug bites.
Workers describe factory food as “Pretty much like swine food.”
Workers allowed less than 9 minutes to assemble each Hasbro Transformer, for which they are paid 17 cents.
“We are drenched in sweat,” workers say. Factory temperatures soar to 104 degrees F in summer.
During peak season, workers toil 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, while earning a take-home wage of just 92 cents an hour.
Workers undergo three body-searches each day, are not permitted to talk or lift their heads to look
around, and need permission to use the bathroom.
Hasbro is open to the hiring of 14 and 15-year-olds on a “case-by-case basis.”
Workers in the spray paint department fear they are being exposed to dangerous solvents.
There are no fire drills and some emergency exits are locked.
During the slow season, hundreds of workers are fired under false charges so management does not
have to pay their legal severance.
Workers are cheated of paid sick leave and maternity leave.
Workers describe their work as mindless, miserable, constantly monotonous, yet furious and exhausting.

This is not humane, nor dignified, nor respectful. Hasbro need to live up to their own “...deep commitment to corporate social responsibility (CSR) (which) reflects our desire to play a part in building a safe and sustainable world for future generations.”

Read the report here: http://www.globallabourrights.org/admin/reports/files/Holidays-by-Hasbro.pdf 

We ask that Hasbro investigate the findings of the report and ensure that workers at their factories and the factories associated with Hasbro products are run in a manner which treats their employees "humanely and with dignity and respect".